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Augustus B. Woodward

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Augustus Brevoort Woodward (born Elias Brevoort Woodward in November 1774, died June 12, 1827) was the first Chief Justice of the Michigan Territory. [1]

42 relations: Brigadier general, Chief Justice, Columbia University, Detroit, Detroit River, Florida Territory, Frederick Bates, Freemasonry, Gabriel Richard, Governor, Grand Circus Park Historic District, History of the University of Michigan, Ichabod Crane, James Monroe, Jefferson Avenue (Detroit), John Griffin (judge), John Monteith (minister), M-1 (Michigan highway), M-3 (Michigan highway), Michigan Territory, Military occupation, New York (state), Philadelphia, Pierre Charles L'Enfant, President of the United States, Saginaw Trail, Siege of Detroit, State Bar of Michigan, Tallahassee, Florida, The Detroit News, Thomas Jefferson, U.S. Route 12 in Michigan, U.S. Route 16 in Michigan, Underground Railroad, United Kingdom, United States Department of the Treasury, University of Michigan, University of Virginia, War of 1812, Washington Irving, Washington, D.C., William Hull.

Brigadier general

Brigadier general (Brig. Gen.) is a senior rank in the armed forces.

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Chief Justice

The Chief Justice is the presiding member of a supreme court in any of many countries with a justice system based on English common law, such as the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, the Supreme Court of Canada, the Supreme Court of Singapore, the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong, the Supreme Court of Japan, the Supreme Court of India, the Supreme Court of Pakistan, the Supreme Court of Nigeria, the Supreme Court of Nepal, the Constitutional Court of South Africa, the Supreme Court of Ireland, the Supreme Court of New Zealand, the High Court of Australia, the Supreme Court of the United States, and provincial or state supreme courts.

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Columbia University

Columbia University (Columbia; officially Columbia University in the City of New York), established in 1754, is a private Ivy League research university in Upper Manhattan, New York City.

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Detroit

Detroit is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan, the largest city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of Wayne County.

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Detroit River

The Detroit River (Rivière Détroit) flows for from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie as a strait in the Great Lakes system and forms part of the border between Canada and the United States.

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Florida Territory

The Territory of Florida was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 30, 1822, until March 3, 1845, when it was admitted to the Union as the State of Florida.

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Frederick Bates

Frederick Bates (June 23, 1777 – August 4, 1825), was an American attorney and politician.

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Freemasonry

Freemasonry or Masonry consists of fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local fraternities of stonemasons, which from the end of the fourteenth century regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities and clients.

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Gabriel Richard

Father Gabriel Richard (October 15, 1767 – September 13, 1832) was a French Roman Catholic priest and founder of the University of Michigan who became a Delegate from Michigan Territory to the U.S. House of Representatives.

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Governor

A governor is, in most cases, a public official with the power to govern the executive branch of a non-sovereign or sub-national level of government, ranking under the head of state.

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Grand Circus Park Historic District

The Grand Circus Park Historic District contains the Grand Circus Park in Downtown Detroit, Michigan that connects the theatre district with its financial district.

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History of the University of Michigan

The history of the University of Michigan (UM) began with its establishment on August 26, 1817 as the Catholepistemiad or University of Michigania.

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Ichabod Crane

Ichabod Crane is a fictional character and the protagonist in Washington Irving's short story, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", first published in 1820.

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James Monroe

James Monroe (April 28, 1758 – July 4, 1831) was an American statesman and Founding Father who served as the fifth President of the United States from 1817 to 1825.

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Jefferson Avenue (Detroit)

Jefferson Avenue is a scenic road along the eastern part of the Detroit metropolitan area in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Michigan.

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John Griffin (judge)

John Griffin (born 1774 or 1779 – death unknown) was an American judge.

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John Monteith (minister)

Reverend John Monteith (August 5, 1788 – April 5, 1868)Roscoe O. Bonisteel,, Michigan Historical Collections, Bulletin 15, Ann Arbor, MI, 1967, p.6.

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M-1 (Michigan highway)

M-1, commonly known as Woodward Avenue, is a north–south state trunkline highway in the Metro Detroit area of the US state of Michigan.

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M-3 (Michigan highway)

M-3 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the Detroit metropolitan area of the US state of Michigan.

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Michigan Territory

The Territory of Michigan was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from June 30, 1805, until January 26, 1837, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Michigan.

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Military occupation

Military occupation is effective provisional control by a certain ruling power over a territory which is not under the formal sovereignty of that entity, without the violation of the actual sovereign.

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New York (state)

New York is a state in the northeastern United States.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863.

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Pierre Charles L'Enfant

Pierre Charles L'Enfant (August 2, 1754June 14, 1825), self-identified as Peter Charles L'Enfant while living in the United States, was a French-American military engineer who designed the basic plan for Washington, D.C. (capital city of the U.S.) known today as the L'Enfant Plan (1791).

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President of the United States

The President of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.

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Saginaw Trail

Saginaw Trail is the collective name for a set of connected roads in Southeastern Michigan that runs from Detroit to Saginaw through Pontiac and Flint that was originally a tribal foot trail.

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Siege of Detroit

The Siege of Detroit, also known as the Surrender of Detroit, or the Battle of Fort Detroit, was an early engagement in the British-U.S. War of 1812.

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State Bar of Michigan

The State Bar of Michigan is the governing body for lawyers in the State of Michigan.

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Tallahassee, Florida

Tallahassee is the capital of the U.S. state of Florida.

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The Detroit News

The Detroit News is one of the two major newspapers in the U.S. city of Detroit, Michigan.

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Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson (April 13, [O.S. April 2] 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American Founding Father who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809.

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U.S. Route 12 in Michigan

US Highway 12 (US 12) is an east–west US Highway that runs from Aberdeen, Washington, to Detroit, Michigan.

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U.S. Route 16 in Michigan

US Highway 16 (US 16), also called Grand River Avenue for much of its length in the state, was one of the principal pre-Interstate roads in the state of Michigan.

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Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early to mid-19th century, and used by African-American slaves to escape into free states and Canada with the aid of abolitionists and allies who were sympathetic to their cause.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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United States Department of the Treasury

The Department of the Treasury (USDT) is an executive department and the treasury of the United States federal government.

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University of Michigan

The University of Michigan (UM, U-M, U of M, or UMich), often simply referred to as Michigan, is a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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University of Virginia

The University of Virginia (U.Va. or UVA), frequently referred to simply as Virginia, is a public research university and the flagship for the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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War of 1812

The War of 1812 was a conflict fought between the United States, the United Kingdom, and their respective allies from June 1812 to February 1815.

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Washington Irving

Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

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William Hull

William Hull (June 24, 1753 – November 29, 1825) was an American soldier and politician.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_B._Woodward

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